The Florida Department of Health (DOH) continues to focus on the health and safety of Florida’s families and is dedicated to ensuring patients have safe access to low-THC cannabis and medical marijuana.

State residents enrolled at Christian Life College face among the lowest cost of attending four-year in-state colleges and universities in the U.S., according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

About 28,206 Illinois Valley residents – or about 19.5 percent of the region’s population – were on food stamp rolls in January 2017, according to an Illinois Valley Times analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.

Approximately 1.9 million Illinoisans – or about 15 percent of the state’s population – were on food stamp rolls in January 2017, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.

Welfare offices in Princeton and Ottawa saw food stamp costs drop by an average of 1.77 percent from January 2015 to January 2017, according to an Illinois Valley Times analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.

The United States is considered one of the top destination points for child trafficking with cases reported in all 50 states, including 143 investigated calls to the hotline for allegations of human trafficking in 2016 by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

The Illinois Department of Human Services and Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity have openings available to help SNAP recipients receive training and learn skills to gain meaningful employment.